Christopher Gabrieli

Investment Team|

Boston|

Chris Gabrieli, a partner emeritus associated with Bessemer's Cambridge, Mass. office, joined the firm in 1986 to launch its healthcare practice. In 25 years of investing with Bessemer, he invested broadly in healthcare and biotechnology. Chris in no longer an investor in new opportunities with Bessemer but remains actively involved in legacy portfolio investments including biotech companies AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Proteon, and Oxagen as well as medical device companies Fractyl and Accuvein and digital textbook pioneer Flat World Knowledge.

Prior to his career at Bessemer, Chris co-founded and served as CEO of GMIS, a healthcare software company he helped build, take public and ultimately sell to the leading industry consolidator McKesson. Bessemer was an investor in GMIS.

Chris graduated from Harvard College with an AB in history and science and completed two years of the Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons M.D. program. He is now pursuing a second career in non-profit education innovation and is a Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Current Companies

AccuVein

AccuVein is a medical device company that uses optical technology to help facilitate venous access. It operates the world's only handheld, non-contact vein illumination solution and is used in over 700 hospitals today.

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions

Allscripts provides innovative solutions such as Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) that empower all stakeholders across the healthcare continuum to deliver world-class outcomes. The company went public in July 1999 (NASDAQ:MDRX).

Sirtris Pharmaceuticals

Stromedix (acq. by Biogen)

Stromedix's initial focus is on chronic indications and plans to leverage its expertise and expand its therapeutic pipeline into related settings such as acute organ failure and cancer. In 2012, Stromedix was acquired by Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB).

TravCorps

TravCorps provides healthcare professionals for temporary and permanent assignments. Today, TravCorps provides registered nurses to more than 2,500 healthcare facilities across the U.S. and the Caribbean.